As a double days Shift Engineer, you’ll play a key role in keeping our fast-paced FMCG production facility running smoothly. Working as part of a small, dedicated engineering team within a family-run business, you’ll take ownership of day-to-day engineering activities — from responding to breakdowns and supporting production changeovers, to carrying out preventative maintenance and driving improvements across the site. You will also be involved in executing projects which are consistently ongoing as the site continues to develop to stay abreast of market requirements. This is a hands-on, varied role where you’ll combine mechanical and electrical fault-finding skills with a proactive and curious mindset to support both short-term production targets and long-term reliability goals. The role as a Maintenance Engineer: Respond promptly to breakdowns and restore equipment to full operation safely and efficiently. Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to schedule. Identify and act on opportunities to improve machine performance and reliability. Complete thorough shift reports, ensuring accurate communication of issues and corrective actions. Close the loop on recurring faults or maintenance concerns. Support production teams with complex changeovers, troubleshooting, and coaching of operators. Assist in the creation and continual improvement of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Undertake fault-finding and repair work across mechanical, electrical, and PLC systems. Work alongside the Lead Engineer on site improvement and installation projects. Plan and prepare spares and tooling required for extended maintenance periods. Support installation, commissioning, and modification of mechanical and electrical systems. Contribute ideas and technical input to reliability, efficiency, and safety projects. Skills and Qualifications required in this Maintenance Engineers role: Be apprentice trained and have excellent knowledge of both mechanical and electrical maintenance. 18th Edition Previous experience within a FMCG environment would be advantageous Electrical and Mechanical skills including: 3 phase motors, drives, control and fault-finding on PLCs. Ability to read from schematics. The Benefits of a Maintenance Engineer: Monday – Friday Basic Salary £45,000 - £49,000 depending on experience 3 shift 6am-2pm/10am-6pm/2pm-10pm Holiday Allowance 25 Bank holidays. Pension Paid training opportunities If you feel this Maintenance Engineers opportunity would be right for you, click apply or for more information please contact Rebecca Prince at Maintech Recruitment on (phone number removed). Connect on Linked In: Rebecca Prince Maintech Recruitment Engineering Great Careers! Maintech recruitment, are an equal opportunities agency and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or, whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled; If you need any additional assistance with applying for this role please contact the team. Please note by applying for this role your data will be processed and stored inline with our privacy policy, full details of which are held on our website, and a copy can be provided if you wish